NGC 4125
NGC 4125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4125 as it looked roughly 63 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4221Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4391Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4081Spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).